In need of help with my tranny ! - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Turbocovalent · 07-21-2003, 09:31 PM

own an 88 Camry with 260,000 miles , Automatic. The only problem is about 5 years ago the overdrive started malfunctioning, and now almost never works so now i am down to 3 gears and a large power loss, I was wondering if the powerloss is just from age or from a malfunction some where ? any ideas on the tranny problem ?

Nick · 07-21-2003, 09:42 PM

loss of power is probably due to the torque converter, as for the overdrive, the servos, selenoids for that shift are probably dead

rebuild, swap

Turbocovalent · 07-21-2003, 09:44 PM

rebuild her ??? poor girl i dunno if she could take it, thats the problem she has been driven so hard from mile 1. thanks for the advice, i think its time i upgrade to an MR2 ?

FRITO · 07-21-2003, 10:04 PM

i had the same problem. no overdrive and only 3 gears.

turned out it was a faulty solenoid on the trnsmission.
my "NORM" light didnt ever come on, when it did, car ran fine and everything worked.

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my "norm" light hardly comes on anymore, oversdrive works.
could there be a problem???

jdv · 07-23-2003, 02:50 AM

just get a used transmission. cheaper than a rebuild.